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FMCSA Joins Multi-State Overnight Truck Safety Sweep
A coordinated overnight enforcement operation pulled 78 drivers and 25 vehicles off the road after 552 roadside inspections, the agency said.
Dale Prax
Oct 52 min read
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Fifth Circuit Issues Opinion in Freight Broker Dispute Case No. 25-50864
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled in a case between broker Pittsburgh Logistics Systems and motor carrier Glen Rose Trans, though the substance of the decision is not yet publicly detailed.
Dale Prax
Oct 52 min read
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Media Watch: 2026-10-05
What trade and general media outlets are reporting. Leads, not FMCSA News stories.
Dale Prax
Oct 51 min read
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Georgia Seeks FHWA Approval to Take Over Highway Environmental Reviews
Two proposed agreements posted to federal dockets would let Georgia's transportation department clear highway projects under NEPA and other environmental laws without waiting on Federal Highway Administration sign-off.
Dale Prax
Oct 43 min read
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New York Troopers Issue 376 Tickets in Hudson Valley Truck Detail
State Police placed four commercial vehicles and five drivers out of service during a two-day enforcement operation on the Taconic State Parkway and across four Hudson Valley counties.
Dale Prax
Oct 42 min read
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Sixth Circuit Rules on East Cleveland Truck-Parking Ordinance Case
The federal appeals court issued an opinion in a lawsuit challenging an East Cleveland, Ohio, ordinance that restricts where trucks, tractors and trailers may park.
Dale Prax
Oct 42 min read
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States, Injured Drivers Ask PHMSA to Rethink Gasoline Preemption Ruling
New York led 19 jurisdictions and the Locks Law Firm in separate petitions urging federal regulators to reconsider a decision that state tort claims over gasoline loading and training are preempted by federal hazmat law.
Dale Prax
Oct 43 min read
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Commerce Keeps Countervailing Duty Order on Vietnamese Passenger, Light Truck Tires
An expedited five-year sunset review found that lifting the 2021 order would likely let Vietnamese subsidies resume, so duties of up to 7.89% stay in place.
Dale Prax
Oct 43 min read
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FMCSA Denies Agri-Tech CDL Exemption, Renews Cleveland-Cliffs Hours Waiver
The agency rejected a request to let student truck drivers operate without a licensed supervisor while opening a new comment period on extended-hours relief for a steel hauler.
Dale Prax
Oct 43 min read
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NHTSA Finalizes Lower CAFE Fuel-Economy Targets for 2022-2031 Vehicles
The agency's final rule drops electric-vehicle fuel economy and credit trading from how it sets mileage standards for passenger cars and light trucks, reversing approaches used in 2020, 2022 and 2024 rules.
Dale Prax
Oct 43 min read
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Media Watch: 2026-10-04
What trade and general media outlets are reporting. Leads, not FMCSA News stories.
Dale Prax
Oct 42 min read
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Media Watch: 2026-10-03
What trade and general media outlets are reporting. Leads, not FMCSA News stories.
Dale Prax
Oct 34 min read
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FMCSA Reverts Emergency HOS Exemption Window to 30 Days
The agency finalized a rule undoing a 2023 change that had cut the automatic hours-of-service relief period after regional emergency declarations to 14 days, a shift carriers and state regulators said created unnecessary paperwork.
Dale Prax
Oct 33 min read
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FMCSA Orders Staff to Defend Emergency Removal of Two CDL Schools
Orders in two Regulations.gov dockets give the Office of Safety Programs 10 days to produce the removal notices and evidence for Soler & Soler CDL School and Sun City CDL.
Dale Prax
Oct 22 min read
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Montana Extends Federal Fuel-Hauling Hours Relief to In-State Carriers
Executive Order 10-2026 applies FMCSA's Sept. 16 hours-of-service waiver to intrastate gasoline and diesel haulers through Dec. 16.
Dale Prax
Oct 22 min read
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SEC Says Truck-Leasing Program Was a $127 Million Ponzi Scheme With 765 Investors
The complaint against Kristopher Lunsford, AKL Transport and Southern Truck Leasing says investors were promised $1,250 a week per truck while at least $52 million of their money paid earlier investors.
Dale Prax
Oct 23 min read
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Six Carriers Accuse C.H. Robinson and TQL of Racketeering in Texas Federal Suit
The 66-page complaint says the two largest brokers funnel freight to unsafe 'Illegal Carriers' while avoiding motor carrier registration themselves.
Dale Prax
Oct 23 min read
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Media Watch: 2026-09-28
What trade and general media outlets are reporting. Leads, not FMCSA News stories.
Dale Prax
Oct 23 min read
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FMCSA Reveals the Audit Behind Its CDL School Removals: Graduates Later Failed English Checks
In its first written defenses, the agency says an August audit matched roadside English-proficiency violations to the schools that certified the drivers; three more schools are now fighting removal.
Dale Prax
Oct 24 min read
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FMCSA Denies Paper-Log Exemption Sought by Federation of Professional Truckers
The notice, publishing Sept. 30, says the ELD mandate written into MAP-21 leaves no room for a blanket exemption and the group never showed paper logs would be as safe.
Dale Prax
Oct 23 min read
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